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deciding adjective [ dɪˈsʌɪdɪŋ ]

• serving to resolve or settle something.
• "taxes could be the deciding factor for millions of floating voters"
Similar: determining, decisive, conclusive, final, settling, key, pivotal, crucial, critical, most influential, significant, major, chief, principal, prime, paramount,

decide verb

• come or bring to a resolution in the mind as a result of consideration.
• "she decided that she liked him"
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘bring to a settlement’): from French décider, from Latin decidere ‘determine’, from de- ‘off’ + caedere ‘cut’.


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